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Prince Rogers Nelson
Prince Rogers Nelson 0000000120964892 Prince Rogers Nelson, known as Prince, was an influential American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. Famous for his eclectic work, flamboyant ...
Richard Prince
Richard Prince 0000000081682656 Richard Prince, a veteran journalist and recipient of the Ida B. Wells Award, is known for his news column on diversity issues, “Richard Prince's Journal-isms”, and fo...
Lakita Wilson
Lakita Wilson NONE Lakita was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland. A 2017 recipient of SCBWI's Emerging Voices Award, Lakita received her MFA in writing for childr...
Steve Parke
Steve Parke 0000000121259052 Prince’s Former Art Director Steve Parke is an award-winning illustrator, designer, and photographer. He worked for Prince for 13 years as his in-house art director...
Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas
Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas MULTIPLE Prince Rogers Nelson, known as Prince, was an iconic musician celebrated globally. Randee St. Nicholas is an acclaimed photographer and director,...
George C. Fraser
George C. Fraser 0000000035434555 George Fraser, CEO of FraserNet, Inc., overcame adversity to lead a global networking movement for people of African descent. Born into a large family and orphaned a...
James Prince
James Prince 0000000029890626 James “J. Prince” Prince, CEO of Rap-A-Lot Records, boxing manager, and philanthropist, was born on October 31, 1964, in Houston's Fifth Ward, where he continues his com...
Prince Joel Makonnen
Prince Joel Makonnen NONE “Doing well in business and doing good in society are inseparable missions” Prince Joel Makonnen, a direct descendant of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, is ...
George Jackson
George Jackson 0000000140482524 George Jackson, born September 23, 1941, was a key figure in the Black Power movement and a member of the Black Panther Party. He gained prominence through his activis...
Nelson George
Nelson George 0000000115805862 Nelson George, born in 1957, is a renowned columnist, critic, journalist, filmmaker, and author of 21 books, including bestseller 'The Michael Jackson Story'. A pioneer...
Timothy George
Timothy George 0000000083235956 Detroit-born author Timothy George, renowned for his deep fascination with African-American history, adeptly combines education with entertainment in his novels. His e...
George S. Schuyler
George S. Schuyler 0000000114970428 George Samuel Schuyler was a prolific journalist and cultural critic, known for his controversial shift from liberal views to conservative ones throughout the 20th...
George Alexander
George Alexander 0000000074080876 George Alexander is the award-nominated founder of Galex Media Group, specializing in film and video production. Formerly an editor-at-large at Black Enterprise maga...
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen are renowned authors. Mbalia is known for his best-selling “Tristan Strong” series. Makonnen, Ethiopian royalty, s...
Althea Prince
Althea Prince 0000000073991272 Dr. Althea Prince, an award-winning author from Antigua, has taught sociology in Canada, the US, and England. Currently at Ryerson University, she's recognized for her ...
Hoke S. Glover III and V. Efua Prince
Hoke S. Glover III and V. Efua Prince MULTIPLE Hoke S. Glover III, or Bro. Yao, is a poet and nonfiction writer who chairs the language, literature, and cultural studies department at Bowie State Uni...
George Moses Horton
George Moses Horton 000000006316904X George Moses Horton (1798–1884) was the first African American poet to be published in the Southern US, while still enslaved. His notable works include “The Hop...
Prince Justice
Prince Justice NONE Prince Justice, born into a Nigerian ruling house and raised in Africa, is a London-born author who studied in Africa and the US. Living in various Black communities across Americ...
George C. Fraser and Emma Fraser-Pendleton
George C. Fraser and Emma Fraser-Pendleton MULTIPLE George C. Fraser, CEO of FraserNet, is a leading authority on economic development and networking for African Americans. His sister, Dr. Emma Frase...
George E. Johnson with Hillary Beard
George E. Johnson with Hillary Beard MULTIPLE George Ellis Johnson Sr. (born June 12, 1927) is the founder of the Johnson Products Company, the maker of Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, the first Black-o...
V. Efua Prince
V. Efua Prince NONE V. Efua Prince is a distinguished playwright and nonfiction writer. She also serves as a professor of African American studies at Wayne State University. V. Efua Prince is a playw...
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis MUL...
Prince Shakur
Prince Shakur NONE Prince Shakur is a queer, Jamaican-American freelance journalist and cultural essayist. His work has been featured in prominent publications like Teen Vogue and Electric Lit. Shaku...
Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi
Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi NONE Anitra E. Butler-Ngugi is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Early Childhood and Teacher Education at Prince George's Community College, whe...
Kadija Sesay
Kadija Sesay NONE Kadija George is a renowned literary activist, poet, and publisher of Sierra Leonean descent. She's known for her debut poetry collection, Irki, and has edited numerous anthologies....
George Ford
George Ford 0000000100607572 George Ford, a prolific children's book illustrator, has contributed to over 30 books. He is a Coretta Scott King Award recipient for his work on 'Ray Charles' and 'The S...
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander MULTIPLE "Authors Michael Cunningham and George Alexander have made significant contributions to the literary world. Their unique storytelling and impactful ...
George G. M. James
George G. M. James NONE Dr. George G. M. James, born November 9, 1893 in Guyana, was a significant historian and author who asserted that Greek philosophy originated from North Africa. He argued that...
George Clinton with Ben Greenman
George Clinton with Ben Greenman MULTIPLE George Clinton and Ben Greenman are renowned authors, noted for their unique works. Clinton is a music legend, while Greenman is a celebrated novelist and jo...
George Clinton
George Clinton 000000011473322X Musician George Clinton, born 1941, started his career in a barbershop, forming The Parliaments. He later reconfigured the group into Funkadelic and Parliament, known ...
George Padmore
George Padmore 0000000110573433 George A. Padmore, born Malcolm Nurse, was a renowned Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author from Trinidad. He was a key figure in the 5th Pan African Congress and an ...
George E. Johnson
George E. Johnson NONE George Ellis Johnson Sr. (born June 12, 1927) is the founder of the Johnson Products Company, the maker of Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, the first Black-owned company to trade o...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
LaKesa Cox
LaKesa Cox NONE LaKesa Cox is an award-winning author and screenwriter with over 20 years of experience. She has published four novels and has contributed to two anthologies. She was acknowledged as ...
George Cain
George Cain 0000000081133884 George Cain (1943-2010) was a New York-born author known for his only book, Blueschild Baby (1970). He left college to travel across America and started his writing caree...
George Simmonds
George Simmonds NONE George Simmonds co-authored The Black Man's North and East Africa with Yosef Ben-Jochannan. his work explores the historical and cultural significance of African civilizations in...
Lynell George
Lynell George NONE Lynell George Lynell George is a journalist and essayist. After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame is her first book of essays and photography, exploring the city where she grew ...
George Hutchinson
George Hutchinson NONE George Hutchinson is the 2007 Chairman of the English Department and Booth Tarkington Professor of Literary Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. George Hutchinson is [20...
Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas
Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas MULTIPLE Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas are renowned authors. Cleaver, a former Black Panther Party leader, focuses on law and human rights, while Kat...
George Nesbitt
George Nesbitt NONE George Nesbitt (1912-2002) was a prominent lawyer and passionate civil rights activist. George Nesbitt (1912-2002) was a lawyer and civil rights activist.
Jessica George
Jessica George 0000000516371751 Jessica George, born in London to Ghanaian parents, studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield. She worked in literary and theatre roles before joining ...
Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds
Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds MULTIPLE Yosef Ben-Jochannan and George Simmonds
Benson George Cooke and Schuyler C. Webb
Benson George Cooke and Schuyler C. Webb MULTIPLE Benson George Cooke and Schuyler C. Webb
Leah Johnson and George M. Johnson
Leah Johnson and George M. Johnson MULTIPLE Leah Johnson and George M. Johnson
George Soros
George Soros 0000000114963527 George Soros, born in Budapest in 1930, is a renowned financier and philanthropist. After surviving WWII, he moved to England, graduated from the London School of Econom...
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt MULTIPLE Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, also known as the Three Doctors, overcame a fatherless childhood in the inner-city to form ...
George E. Curry
George E. Curry 0000000109873981 George E. Curry (1947-2016) was a renowned journalist and editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service. He also served as editor of E...
George M. Johnson
George M. Johnson 0000000495895192 George M. Johnson is a New York-based writer and activist. He has contributed to over 40 publications including Essence and Teen Vogue, and is a columnist for AFROP...
George McCalman
George McCalman NONE George McCalman is a San Francisco-based artist, graphic designer, and creative director. He runs McCalman.co studio, teaches graphic design at California College of Art, and wri...
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, and George Lipsitz MULTIPLE Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA and Columbia, co-founded the African American Policy Forum with Luke Charles Harris, a ...
George Yancy
George Yancy 0000000110603882 George Yancy is a leading author on race and racism, contributor to the New York Times, and author of books like “Backlash.” He is a philosophy professor at Emory Univer...
George Lamming
George Lamming 0000000114972132 George William Lamming (1927-2022) was a renowned Barbadian novelist and critic, celebrated for his exploration of colonialism and identity in the 20th century Caribbe...
Alisa Hyman
Alisa Hyman NONE Alisa Hyman, a Maryland native and Hampton University graduate, is a high school English teacher and mentor in Washington, DC. With a passion for writing rooted in her love of books,...
J. Tremble
J. Tremble NONE J. Tremble, a graduate of Missouri Valley College and Howard University, works as a sixth-grade math teacher in Prince George's County Public School System. He's a dedicated family ma...
Craig Kofi Farmer
Craig Kofi Farmer NONE Craig Kofi Farmer, a native of Prince George's County, is an educational administrator with degrees from Towson University and the University of Maryland. He assists students i...
Rose Brock
Rose Brock 0000000107888362 Rose Brock, a professor at Sam Houston State University, is renowned for inspiring youth to love books. In addition to her career as a librarian and educator, she co-found...
Zuksiwa Wanner
Zuksiwa Wanner NONE Zukiswa Wanner, born to South African and Zimbabwean parents in Zambia, is a celebrated author known for award-nominated novels like “Men of the South.” As an essayist, she focuse...
Lola Shoneyin
Lola Shoneyin 0000000041835603 Lola Shoneyin is a renowned Nigerian poet and author, best known for her debut novel, “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives.” Identified as a promising African writer ...
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay 000000035624500X Ava DuVernay is an award-winning writer, producer, and director in independent film. She founded DVA Media + Marketing and the African-American Film Festival Releasing M...
Darlene Williams
Darlene Williams NONE Darlene Williams is an award-winning businesswoman, adjunct lecturer, bestselling author, and nationally recognized youth and literacy advocate. She serves as President of the ...
Lucy Terry
Lucy Terry NONE Lucy Terry Prince, born in West Africa (1730-1821), was a poet, storyteller, and activist known for being the first African American woman to compose a poem. Kidnapped and sold into s...
Tanya Smith
Tanya Smith NONE “What Does It Take to Become a Prodigy Scam Artist?” — The New York Times (Aug. 28, 2024) Tanya Smith, a Minneapolis native, grew up in a theater that fostered Princ...
Felicia B. George
Felicia B. George NONE Felicia B. George, a native Detroiter who has a deep passion for Detroit's history and culture, holds a doctorate in anthropology from Wayne State University. Currently servin...
Benson George Cooke
Benson George Cooke NONE Benson George Cooke, Ed.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Counseling and Psychology and Director of the Graduate Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program in the Division ...
Patricia A. Saunders
Patricia A. Saunders NONE Patricia A. Saunders, an author from Connecticut, now based in San Francisco, began her writing journey after her mother's passing. She released her first book in 2012 and i...
Anika Malone
Anika Malone NONE Anika Malone, author of the acclaimed “10 Minutes Past Too Late”, is celebrated as a fresh voice in contemporary fiction. She has participated in notable book events across the Unit...
Kellie Magnus
Kellie Magnus 0000000114740104 Kellie Magnus is a Jamaican children's author and media writer. An alumna of Harvard and Columbia Universities, she's the Chair of the Kingston Book Festival and serves...
Melica Niccole
Melica Niccole NONE Melica Niccole, a Columbus-native author, poet, and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, has a passion for writing which she uses to explore various subjects. She created an annua...
Colette Bancroft
Colette Bancroft NONE Colette Bancroft is the book editor for the Tampa Bay Times since 2007, directs the annual Festival of Reading, and served on the National Book Critics Circle board. She holds E...
justin a. reynolds
justin a. reynolds NONE Justin A. Reynolds is an acclaimed author renowned for his debut YA novel, “Opposite of Always,” and second novel “Early Departures.” His work includes a Marvel graphic novel ...
David Washington
David Washington NONE Dr. David Washington decision to write a graphic novel stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the lack of diversity in the superhero genre. He hoped to provide his children with ...
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips 0000000073657506 Esther Phillips, founder of The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair and editor of Bim magazine, is a highly decorated poet with an MFA in Creative Writing. She's won pr...
Thando Mgqolozana
Thando Mgqolozana 0000000071220474 Thando Mgqolozana, born in 1983, is a renowned South African novelist and Mandela Rhodes Scholar. He authored novels like 'Hear Me Alone' and 'Unimportance' and co-...
Vashti Harrison
Vashti Harrison 0000000476987403 Vashti Harrison, born in 1988, is a Virginia-based author, illustrator, and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. She has degrees in Media Studies, Studio Art, F...
Alberto O. Cappas
Alberto O. Cappas NONE Alberto O. Cappas, a Puerto Rican-born poet, writer, and community activist, is known for his work in economic development, literature, and advocacy in New York and Buffalo. He...
Cheryl Clarke
Cheryl Clarke 0000000383377198 Cheryl L. Clarke, born in 1947, is a lesbian poet, essayist, and a Black feminist activist. Her work emphasizes African-American women's literature and black lesbian fe...
Matthew A. Cherry
Matthew A. Cherry 0000000500418922 Former NFL wide receiver, Matthew A. Cherry, transitioned into filmmaking after his retirement in 2007. He's known for directing over 20 music videos, his feature f...
Louis Edwards
Louis Edwards 0000000028382400 Louis Edwards, a Guggenheim Fellowship and Whiting Award-winning author, has written four novels including Ramadan Ramsey and Ten Seconds. Louisiana-born Edwards is als...
Biyi Bandele
Biyi Bandele 0000000120964833 Biyi Bandele-Thomas (1967-2022) was a renowned Nigerian novelist, playwright, director, and photographer. He was celebrated as one of Africa's top 50 artists. Bandele's ...
Regie Gibson
Regie Gibson NONE Regie Gibson is a poet, songwriter, author, workshop facilitator, and educator. Regie has performed, taught, and lectured at schools, universities, theaters and various other ve...
Ben Greenman
Ben Greenman 0000000043364577 Ben Greenman, a New Yorker contributor and New York Times bestselling author, writes both fiction and non-fiction. Notably, he collaborated with Questlove on a hip-hop m...
T. Styles, J.M. Benjamin, Boston George, Danielle Santiago, and Caroline Mcgill
T. Styles, J.M. Benjamin, Boston George, Danielle Santiago, and Caroline Mcgill MULTIPLE
George W. Chilcoat and Michael O. Tunnell
George W. Chilcoat and Michael O. Tunnell MULTIPLE
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Lisa Frazier Page
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Lisa Frazier Page MULTIPLE
Dimitry Elias Leger
Dimitry Elias Leger NONE Dimitry Elias Léger, born in Haiti, is a former editor and writer for The Source, Fortune, and MTV News, with work in The New York Times and The Washington Post. A UN adviso...